The Trio Colour Classic

Posted by Marcio Pocciotti | Labels: | at 9:03 PM | 0 comments


CC1 was my first Colour Classic. There are also CC2 and CC3.


The story about CC1 is already in this blog. CC2 and CC3 had more than one owner before me.

Now they are a TRIO.

Look at the picture to see where they live. From left to right you see CC3, CC1 and CC2. Notice how the exposure to the "weather" can change the color of an Apple Compact Mac. There are three different colors. CC1 was well kept from the sun and light so it looks like new; CC2 has a little color towards yellow and CC3 looks like it has been painted. Funny!

This is wear the TRIO lives now, in my home office. Today I took some pictures of the CCs. I may upload some to my flickr

I really couldn't sleep tonight, getting re-acquainted to my CC1. How great.

I have re-installed System 7.5.3 and Word 5.0, Wannabe, Netscape 2.02, Transit and of course the best Bible Study Software ever: The Online Bible for the Macintosh. This is a must have software!


Specs for CC1:

CC1 - Colour Classic with the following modifications from the original:
HD 2GB
RAM 12MB
Apple LC Ethernet Card
System 7.5.3
External Apple CD-ROM
Apple Extended Keyboard (I put the original keyboard away in order to save it)

Specs for CC2:

CC2 - Colour Classic with the following modifications from the original:
HD 4GB
RAM 12MB
Apple LC Ethernet Card
System 7.5.3

Specs for CC3:

CC3 - Colour Classic with the following modifications from the original:
HD 250MB
RAM 12MB
Apple LC Ethernet Card
System 7.5.5

You are aware that time is bad for the case of compact macs, they turn yellow with time.

It is funny to see the yellow graduation of the three CCs. CC1 is whiter, than CC2 in the middle and CC3 is more yellowed by the time.

I'll have CC1 covered to shield him from the sun and light, too keep it beautiful as it is now.

He is Back! CC1 is back!

Posted by Marcio Pocciotti | Labels: , , , , , | at 7:41 PM | 0 comments

A very special day indeed. The CC1 is Back!


CC1 stands for Colour Classic 1, my original Macintosh Colour Classic. I bought it in 1994 and in 2005 I sold it to a friend. Today he has come home.

My friend Armando has done a remarkable job in keeping CC1 in a very good shape. He looks like new, just out of the box. Amazing. Thanks so
much Armando!

The CC1 doesn't have a single scratch and the color is great; no yellowing! He was kept with a cover when not in use (BTW, the occasions were rare). The keyboard is really clean, as well as the mouse.

It is so good to have CC1 back after 4 years.

So many things could have happened to him, but my friend kept him for me and now he is back in his place.

This will be my main computer; I'll work with it everyday and take good care of him, like a cybernetic son.


Armando is very fond of IBM and Sun and we spend time looking for deals of old machines in computer scrap yards in São Paulo, from time to time.

Long live the Colour Classic CC1


The First Colour Classic is BACK!

Posted by Marcio Pocciotti | Labels: , , , , , | at 9:58 AM | 0 comments


Today is a very special day. The day my first Colour Classic came home.

The First Colour Classic is come home after four years. I'm so happy to have that computer back.

I'm going to pick it up tonight at my friend's house, to whom I sold it in 2005.

Here is the story:

My story with the Macintosh Colour Classic started a long time ago, in 1994. I had a PowerMac 6100 that was a very expensive computer for a just married brazilian guy, not out of the university yet. It was one of the best computers one could buy at that time.

I had done some work on the side and managed to save some money for a computer. I have always loved machines so I wanted a Macintosh.

But, times were tough and we needed money. So I set out to meet some people and see if I could sell the PowerMac. I went to a local Apple reseller, hoping to get a deal, maybe I could exchange the PowerMac for something cheaper and make a little money.

WHen I got there I saw the Colour Classic on display. It was on promotion, they wanted to clear the stock. I started to play with it. It was so cute! The design was gorgeous, the entire computer was one master piece. It was beautiful!
I had to think, it was not that expensive for a promotion, but I went there to get money, not to spend money.
I could not resist it. I took a Colour Classic home with me. My wife did not understand what happened, but I managed.
It was more like the tail of John and the magic beans. He was suppose to sell the cow, but exchanged the animal for magic beans.

Anyway, I was as happy as ever with my Colour Classic.

I went to England that year and got it a MacBag that I still have. So I could take it with me when going places. I didn't even had a car, but I had a Colour Classic. Cool!
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